China's cotton imports reached 390,720 tons in January, up 31 percent year on year, but down 15 percent compared with imports of 461,700 tons in December, according to China Customs' data released on Thursday.
China Customs announced in its January report that China imported 2.8 million tons of cotton in 2010, an increase of 86 percent year on year. China is the world's largest cotton importer.